[lit-ideas] Re: Bombing Osirik in 1981
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 06:46:25 -0700
You seem to be missing the reason for my question, which is simplistic I'll
admit, but not for the reason you imply. I wouldn't mind changing it to
"The NYTimes, Reagan & a whole bunch of other people condemned the bombing
of Osirik. Do you, O Lit-Idears, agree with those who condemned the bombing
of Osirik?"
Lawrence
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Bombing Osirik in 1981
Lawrence Helm wrote:
> On page 198 of /The Losing Battle with Islam, /Selbourne writes, "when
> Israel carried out a pre-emptive attack on Iraq's nuclear rector at
> Osirak in June 1981, on the eve of the arrival there of a shipment of
> enriched uranium sufficient to build four or five Hiroshima-sized bombs,
> the /New York Times /declared that Israel had adopted 'the code of
terror'."
Does Selbourne say where the NYT uses this phrase. In an editorial, an
Op-Ed piece (and if so, by whom)? Was it lifted perhaps from a letter to
the editor? One would like to know more, although I have no doubt that
the Times condemned the raid, along with many other major newspapers in
the US and throughout the world.
> I assume from that epithet that the NYTimes was saying that it was wrong
> of Israel to bomb Osirik in 1981. What say ye Lit-idears? Do you agree
> with the NYTimes? Was it wrong of Israel to bomb Osirik in 1981?
I'll pass on this pop quiz, Lawrence. It's a simplistic question,
surprisingly so from someone whose reading and enterprise have given the
list much detailed information it would not otherwise have had. It might
be of interest to note that the attack was denounced by the Reagan
administration as well:
"The United States government condemns the reported Israeli air strike
on the Iraqi nuclear facility, the unprecedented character of which
cannot but seriously add to the already tense situation in the area."
The raid on Osirak was questioned in many quarters in Israel.
Robert Paul
Reed College
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